Improvement in bale-ties



f NITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE..

`GUSTUS S. FRANCE, OFl COBLESKILL, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO WASHBURN AND MOENMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WORCESTER, MASS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,614, dated April25, 1876; application filed April 10, 17576.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsTUs S. FRANCE, of' Cobleskill, in the county otSchoharie, in the State ot' New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bale-Ties; and l do herebyY declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine,reference being had to the accom panying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, and in which- Figure l represents a perspective viewof the interlocking ends of a bale-tie embracing my invention, whichforms thesubject-matter t'or which these Letters Patent are prayed. Fig.2 represents a perspective view ot' the saine parts shown in Fig. 1,with the loops drawn a little straighter; and Fig. 3 represents a sideview of the same parts a's they appear when clasped about the bale, andthe expanding pressure and strain of the'snbstance baled are allowed toact upon the locking parts.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to makeand use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

I n the drawings, A represents a section of',

are then opened to' form the loops D, after which they are broughttogether again, as

y shown atf, and twisted together, as shown at E, thereby securelyfastening the ends a and b ot' the wire to the main parts A and Bthereot', as indicated in the drawings,

The loops D may be so made as to require a slight springing apart topermit ot' the ends C of the hooks C passing through said loops, inwhich case there will be less liability of the hooks becoming detachedfrom their respective loops during the operation ot' baling. p

The mode ot' connecting the locking parts of the bale-tie, as shown inthe drawings, is as follows: The hooked ends of the bale-tie are slippedpast each other, and the hooks C are passed through their respectiveloops D, so as to interlock with each other, thereby producing a secureand strong attachment between the ends ot' the bale-tie, as indicated inFig. 3 of the drawing'.

Having described my present improvement in bale-ties, what l claimtherein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-` 1. The combination, with the ends of a baletie, of hooks C,and loops D, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A bale-tie as an improved article of manufacture, having interlockingends C D, constructed substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

GUSTUS S. FRANCE.

Witnesses: THos. H. DODGE, EDWARD E. MOORE.

